Twine-holder



A. E OSTERBEHG AND G. OBERG.

TWINE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 061231, 1919.

Patented Apr. 5, 1921,

2 SHEETS-SHEET A. E. OSTERBERG AND G. OBERG.

TWINE HOLDER;

APPLlCATlON FILED OCT. 31, 1919.

1,373,757. Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

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UNITED STATES AXEL E. OSTERBERG AND GUSTAF OBERG, OF NORWAY, MICHIGAN.

TWIN E-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

Application filed October 31, 1919. Serial No. 334,706.

To all whom it may concern:

c itlznown that we, AXEL E. Os'rnunnnc and GUs'rAr Onnne, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Norway, in the county of Dickinson, Stateof Michigan, have invented a new and useful Twinel-loldcr; and we dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to twine holders and has for its object to providea twine holder which may be suspended from a ceiling and the free end ofthe twine allowed to be fed downwardly so as to be at all times withinreach of a counter and to provide weight means whereby the free endafter being released by the operator at the counter will be raised bymeans of a weight above the counter thereby preventing the tangling ofthe string and the further feeding of the same.

A further object is to provide a twine holder of the type that issuspended from the ceiling and wherein the apex oi the twine extendsupwardly so that the string will feed upwardly to a tubular memberthence downwardly through a double sham-- bered extension, one of saidchambers having therein a weight through an eye of which weight thestring passes, thence pass, ing upwardly and over a roller and thencedownwardly through the other chamber having its end disposed below thelower end of the chambered extension. Also to so shape the weight sothat it will be prevented from becoming slow in "its action by thecompression of air within its chamber.

l Vith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing "from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the twine holder.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the holder.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4; is a perspective view of the weight.

Fig. 5 is a view of a notched member for placing the string in theholder. r

Fig. 6 is a view showing a hooked tool used in threading the holder.

Referring tothe drawings, the numeral 1 designates the body of theholder, said body having a downwardly extending extension 2 havingchambers 3 and l therein. Extending horizontally from said body membernear its upper end are arms 5 to which arms the arms 6 of theU-shapedsupportirx member 7 are secured. The U-shaped member 7 is adaptedto besupported in a ring 8 which ring may hook over a hook carried by theceiling of a room or wherethe ceiling is extremely high a cord or wiremay extend downwardly from the ceiling and be secured in the ring 8. Theupper ends of the Cl12LIl1- bers 3 and 4: terminate'in a chamber 9,which chamber extends upwardly through the ta pered cone holder 10, onwhich holder the cord cone 11 is adapted to frictionally engage.Extending upwardly from the upper end of the cone holder 10 and incommunication with the chamber 9 is a tubular mem ber 12, which tubularmember extends above the twine cone and through its upper end, The ballof twins being disposed on the cone holder 10 the twine 13 is then ledupwardly and downwardly through the tubular member 12, through thechamber 9 and over a pin 9 disposed in an opening 9 so that thecorners 9and 9 will form angular bends in the. cord thence through the eye 14; ofa weight 15, which weight is disposed in the chamber 4. The weight 15 isformed with vertically disposed grooves 16 so the; as said weight movesupwardly and downwardly the air will be allowed to escape from thechamber 4: thereby preventing the weight from becoming air bound on itsdownward movement and also preventing the sluggish movement of theweight. The cord after passing through the eye 14: then passes up wardlyand over a roller 17 which is dis posed between the upper ends of thechambers 3 and 4 there being a transversely dis posed pin 18 forpreventing displacement of the cord from engagement with the roller 17.The cord after passing over the roller 17 passes downwardly through thechamber 3 and thence to a position near the counter or place where thecord is being used. As the cord is used the operator pulls down uponsaid cord which raises the weight 15 until the weight is raised to apoint adjacent 9 out of the cord and allowing the cord to feed the ball.However, when the operator finishes wrapping a bundle and breaks thecord and releases the end thereof the weight 15 will move downwardly inthe chamber 4 thereby raising the free end of the cord and preventingthe same from becoming tangled with other things and consequentlybecoming unwound and wasted, also preventing further feeding of the cordfrom the ball.

In placing the cord within the chambers dand 5 a tool 19 is inserted inthe tubular member 12 and its notched end 20 used for carrying the cordthrough the chamber 9 where it may be caught up and threaded through theeye 14 of the weight 15 by the tool 21 having a hook 22 on the endthereof. Tool 21 may be inserted through the apertures 9 in the walls ofthe downward extending extension 2. However, to facilitate the threadingand to allow access to the chambers 3 and 4c the front wall of thedownwardly extending extension 2 is provided with a closure 24, hingedlyconnected as at 25 to the extension 2. Closure 24L may be provided witha rotatable knob 25 by means of which a lug 26 may be rotated into achannel 27in the wall between the chambers 3 and. 4 thereby holding theclosure in closed position. Y a

Itjwill be seen that a twine holder is provided which may be easilysuspended from a ceiling and one wherein the cord after being released"by the operator will be raised from the counter by means of a weight.It will also be seen that a cord holder is provided supporting the bodymember, said body member being provided with a chamber at its' upperend, a pair of chambers at its lower end and in communication with thechamber at its upper end, one side of said chambers being open andnormally closed by a cover, one of said chambers at its lower end havingits lower end closed, a welght provided with an eye, said weight beingdisposed in said closed lower chamber and adapted to receive in the eyethereof the twine after it has been passed through the chamber in theupper end of the holder, said weight having vertically disposed groovesfor preventing the compression of air with in the chamber when saidweight lowers, a roller disposed between the upper ends of the chamberand over which the twine passes, the transversely disposed pin ,forpreventing displacement of the twine on the roller, the free end of thetwine passing downwardly through the other chamber at the lower end ofthe body member so that its free end will be disposed below the bodymember, said weight forming means whereby the free end of the cord willbe raised when the cordis released, and a pin disposed in an aperture ofthe wall of one chamber and into which aperture and over which pin abight of the cord passes, thereby preventing unwinding of the cord fromthe ball when the free end of the cord is released.

2. A twine holder comprising a body member, means at the upper end ofsaid body member for holding a ball of twine, a

chamber in said body member, the lower end of said chamber being dividedinto two compartments, a roller centrally disposed in the chamberadjacent the upper ends of the two lower compartments, an aperture inone wall of the chamber and having a transversely disposed pin therein,the cord from said ball being adapted to feed downwardly into theaperture and outside of the pin thereby forming angular bends in thecord, said cord being formed in one of the chambers with a bight, aslidable weight carried by said'bight, the free end of the cord passingover the roller and out of the body member through the other chamber,said angular bending of the cord preventing the feeding of said corduntil the weight has been raised Substantially to the lower angu larbend, at which point it willbe maintained during the feeding of thecord.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses. V I

AXEL E. OSTERBERG. GUSTAF OBERG. V Witnesses a A. T. SETHNEY, EnrrI-IBRODEN.

